thought, thinking, reasoning, logic, speculation, conjecture

MN 117 mahācattārīsakasuttaṃ

yo kho, bhikkhave, ariyacittassa anāsavacittassa ariyamaggasamaṅgino ariyamaggaṃ bhāvayato takko vitakko saṅkappo appanā byappanā cetaso abhiniropanā vacīsaṅkhāro, ayaṃ, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo ariyo anāsavo lok'uttaro maggaṅgo.

SNP 50 cūḷabyūhasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 12

kasmā nu saccāni vadanti nānā, pavādiyāse kusalā vadānā, saccāni sutāni bahūni nānā, udāhu te takkam'anussaranti.

takka¹

neuter buttermilk mixed with water.

takka²

masculine conjecture; speculation, reasoning; thought, reflection;…

…Vb.86, Vb.356) is dhammatakka right thought (:vuccati sammā-sankappo Cnd.318; cp. Dhs.7, Dhs.298), DN.i.16…

thought of goodwill, kind thought, lit. not ill-will thought

ITI 87 andhakaraṇasuttaṃ

abyāpādavitakko, bhikkhave, anandhakaraṇo cakkhukaraṇo ñāṇakaraṇo paññāvuddhiko avighātapakkhiko nibbānasaṃvattaniko.

unwholesome thought, unskilful thinking

ITI 87 andhakaraṇasuttaṃ

ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo akusalavitakkā andhakaraṇā acakkhukaraṇā aññāṇakaraṇā paññānirodhikā vighātapakkhikā anibbānasaṃvattanikā.

pondering (over), reflecting (on), rethinking, reconsidering

AN 3.113 dutiyanidānasuttaṃ

tassa atīte chandarāgaṭṭhāniye dhamme ārabbha cetasā anuvitakkayato anuvicārayato chando jāyati. chandajāto tehi dhammehi saṃyutto hoti.

harmless thinking, thought of helping

ITI 87 andhakaraṇasuttaṃ

avihiṃsāvitakko, bhikkhave, anandhakaraṇo cakkhukaraṇo ñāṇakaraṇo paññāvuddhiko avighātapakkhiko nibbānasaṃvattaniko.

free from thinking, free from reflection

SN 47.10 bhikkhunupassayasuttaṃ

avitakko'mhi avicāro ajjhattaṃ satimā sukhamasmī'ti pajānāti

AN 8.30 anuruddha mahāvitakkasuttaṃ

vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodibhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pītisukhaṃ dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharissasi

malevolent thought, thought of ill-will

MN 2.7 sabbāsavasuttaṃ

idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso uppannaṃ byāpādavitakkaṃ n'ādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate santi adhicittam'anuyuttassa bhikkhuno majjhimasahagatā upakkilesā kāmavitakko byāpādavitakko vihiṃsāvitakko, tam'enaṃ sacetaso bhikkhu dabbajātiko pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti.

reflection on the Dhamma, right intention, lit. Dhamma thought

SNP 68 udaya māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 13

upekkhā-sati-saṃsuddhaṃ, dhammatakka-purejavaṃ, aññāvimokkhaṃ pabrūmi, avijjāya pabhedanaṃ.

thoughts about the Dhamma, thinking about the teaching

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate ath'āparaṃ dhammavitakk'āvasissati. so hoti samādhi na c'eva santo na ca paṇīto nappaṭippassaddhaladdho na ekodibhāvādhigato sasaṅkhāraniggayhavāritagato hoti.

thoughts about countries, thinking about different lands

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate santi adhicittam'anuyuttassa bhikkhuno sukhumasahagatā upakkilesā ñātivitakko janapadavitakko anavaññattipaṭisaṃyutto vitakko

wholesome thought, skilful thinking

ITI 87 andhakaraṇasuttaṃ

tayo'me, bhikkhave, kusalavitakkā anandhakaraṇā cakkhukaraṇā ñāṇakaraṇā paññāvuddhikā avighātapakkhikā nibbānasaṃvattanikā. katame tayo?

sensual thought, sexual thought

MN 2.7 sabbāsavasuttaṃ

idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso uppannaṃ kāmavitakkaṃ n'ādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate santi adhicittam'anuyuttassa bhikkhuno majjhimasahagatā upakkilesā kāmavitakko byāpādavitakko vihiṃsāvitakko, tam'enaṃ sacetaso bhikkhu dabbajātiko pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti.

thought, lit. mind thought

SN 35.240 kummopamasuttaṃ

kummo aṅgāni sake kapāle, samodahaṃ bhikkhu manovitakke, anissito aññam'aheṭhayāno, parinibbuto nūpavadeyya kañcī'ti.

thought of renunciation (of worldly things)

MN 19 dvedhāvitakkasuttaṃ

kāmavitakkaṃ ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bahulam'anuvitakketi anuvicāreti, pahāsi nekkhammavitakkaṃ, kāmavitakkaṃ bahulamakāsi, tassa taṃ kāmavitakkāya cittaṃ namati.

reflection, contemplation, train of thought, lit. thinking around

AN 8.30 anuruddha mahāvitakkasuttaṃ

atha kho āyasmato anuruddhassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi

AN 3.66 kesamuttisuttaṃ

etha tumhe, kālāmā, mā anussavena, mā paramparāya, mā itikirāya, mā piṭakasampadānena, mā takkahetu, mā nayahetu, mā ākāra-parivitakkena, mā diṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā, mā bhabbarūpatāya, mā samaṇo no garū'ti.

theory, speculation, conjecture, hypothesis

SNP 46 pasūrasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 8

atha tvaṃ pavitakkam'āgamā, manasā diṭṭhigatāni cintayanto, dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā, na hi tvaṃ sakkhasi sampayātave'ti.

with thinking, with reflection

MN 39 mahāassapurasuttaṃ

savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati

logical reasoning, lit. logic cause

AN 3.66 kesamuttisuttaṃ

etha tumhe, kālāmā, mā anussavena, mā paramparāya, mā itikirāya, mā piṭakasampadānena, mā takkahetu, mā nayahetu, mā ākāraparivitakkena, mā diṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā, mā bhabbarūpatāya, mā samaṇo no garū'ti.

who does that, doing that

DHP 19 yamakavaggo

bahum'pi ce sahitaṃ bhāsamāno, na takkaro hoti naro pamatto, gopo'va gāvo gaṇayaṃ paresaṃ, na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti.

mass of speculation, proliferation of ideas, lit. increasing thought

SNP 63 hemaka māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 8

ye me pubbe viyākaṃsu, huraṃ gotamasāsanā, icc'āsi iti bhavissati, sabbaṃ taṃ itihītihaṃ, sabbaṃ taṃ takkavaḍḍhanaṃ, n'āhaṃ tattha abhiramiṃ.

tendency to thought, habitual thought, underlying thought

SNP 54 sāriputtasuttaṃ aṭṭhakavaggo 16

okkhittacakkhu na ca pādalolo, jhān'ānuyutto bahujāgarassa, upekkham'ārabbha samāhit'atto, takk'āsayaṃ kukkucciy'ūpachinde.

thought of harming, idea of hurting, malign thought

MN 2.7 sabbāsavasuttaṃ

idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso uppannaṃ vihiṃsāvitakkaṃ n'ādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate santi adhicittam'anuyuttassa bhikkhuno majjhimasahagatā upakkilesā kāmavitakko byāpādavitakko vihiṃsāvitakko, tam'enaṃ sacetaso bhikkhu dabbajātiko pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti.

thought, reflection, pondering

AN 4.11 carasuttaṃ

caraṃ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaṃ, nisinno uda vā sayaṃ, yo vitakkaṃ vitakketi, pāpakaṃ gehanissitaṃ.

MN 43 mahāvedallasuttaṃ

paṭhamaṃ pan'āvuso, jhānaṃ katiaṅgikan'ti? paṭhamaṃ kho, āvuso, jhānaṃ pañc'aṅgikaṃ. idh'āvuso, paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ samāpannassa bhikkhuno vitakko ca vattati, vicāro ca pīti ca sukhañ'ca cittekaggatā ca.

who thinks a lot, who is absorbed in thought

AN 5.73 paṭhamadhammavihārīsuttaṃ

so tehi dhammavitakkehi divasaṃ atināmeti, riñcati paṭisallānaṃ, n'ānuyuñjati ajjhattaṃ cetosamathaṃ. ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhu, bhikkhu vitakkabahulo, no dhammavihārī.

AN 5.73 paṭhamadhammavihārīsuttaṃ

iti kho, bhikkhu, desito mayā pariyattibahulo, desito paññattibahulo, desito sajjhāyabahulo, desito vitakkabahulo, desito dhammavihārī.

connected with thought

SN 21.1 kolitasuttaṃ

tassa mayhaṃ, āvuso, iminā vihārena viharato vitakkasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti.

calming of mental thought processes, stilling the causes of thought

MN 20 vitakkasaṇṭhānasuttaṃ

tena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā tesaṃ vitakkānaṃ vitakkasaṅkhārasaṇṭhānaṃ manasikātabbaṃ.

thinking and investigating, thought processes

SN 21.1 kolitasuttaṃ

tassa mayhaṃ āvuso, etad'ahosi, idha bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodibhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pītisukhaṃ dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.

AN 9.35 gāvīupamāsuttaṃ

so na sakkoti vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ... dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharituṃ.

thinks (about), reflects (on), ponders (over)

ITI 87 andhakaraṇasuttaṃ

tayo vitakke kusale vitakkaye, tayo pana akusale nirākare, sa ve vitakkāni vicāritāni, sameti vuṭṭhī'va rajaṃ samūhataṃ.

thoughts about family

AN 3.102 paṃsudhovakasuttaṃ

tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate santi adhicittam'anuyuttassa bhikkhuno sukhumasahagatā upakkilesā ñātivitakko janapadavitakko anavaññattipaṭisaṃyutto vitakko

method of thinking, mode of reasoning, way of examination

AN 3.66 kesamuttisuttaṃ

etha tumhe, kālāmā, mā anussavena, mā paramparāya, mā itikirāya, mā piṭakasampadānena, mā takkahetu, mā nayahetu, mā ākāraparivitakkena, mā diṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā, mā bhabbarūpatāya, mā samaṇo no garū'ti.

…older than even those of Takkasilā (KhA.198; see also DhA.iii.445, where Susīma, Sankha’s son, goes from Takkasilā to Benares for purposes of…

…over the seven Mahāpurisavitakkas, and appeared before him to encourage him. AN.iv.228f. Both incidents show that the Buddha visited…

…finishing his studies in Takkasilā, visited Sāketa, heard of her illness, and offered to cure her. At first the seṭṭhi was sceptic, but in…

…describes it as the place of education of Jīvaka, the Buddha’s doctor. Vin.i.269f.

Takkasilā is identified with the Greek Taxila, in…

…extended from Sāvatthī to Takkasilā in Gandhāra, and that it lent its name—as did the Dakkhiṇāpatha—to the region through which it…

elmélkedés, gondolati megragadás

thought concerned with pleasures of the senses; a lustful thought

arrived at by conjecture or reasoning.

takkara¹

mfn (one) who does that, who follows that.

takkara²

masculine (m.) a thief.

tree; pea tree, sesbania sesban.

disposition to speculation; the store of harmful thoughts.

Akusala-vitakka: Disadvantageous thoughts as defined under akusala In M. 20, five methods of overcoming them are given: by changing the…

…and discursive thinking vitakka - vicāra are extinguished. Having entered the 3rd absorption, joy pīti is extinguished. Having entered the…

…and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra are called verbal constructions vacī-sankhāra, see: sankhāra 2. In-and-out-breathing…

…avihimsā - vitakka is one of the three constituents of right motivation sammā-sankappa, i.e. the 2nd factor of the 8-fold path…

…or advantageous thoughts vitakka and is the 9th of the 10 advantageous courses of actions kamma-patha II. The most frequently used synonyms…

…buddhi - carita the ruminating-natured vitakka - carita App..

[[great man]]Great man: the 8 thoughts of a: mahāpurisa-vitakka.

…with thought-conception vitakka and discursive thinking vicāra, born of detachment vivekaja and filled with rapture pīti and joy sukha…

…1 thought-conception vitakka 2 discursive thinking vicāra 3 interest pīti 4 joy sukha 5 sadness domanassa 6 indifference upekkhā…

…mahā - purisa - vitakka A. VIII, 30 has:,This Dhamma is for one who delights in non-diffuseness the unworldly, Nibbāna; it is not for…

…Thought-conception:** s. vitakka.

…(˚patta); Mil.62 (of vitakka); Dhs.7, Dhs.21, Dhs.298; Vism.144 (˚samādhi); Dhs-a.55, Dhs-a.142 (def. by Bdhg. as “ekaggaṃ cittaṃ…

adjective not mixed with buttermilk Ja yi.21.

a + takka²

…with, at home in AN.ii.189 (atakka˚); AN.iv.314 (parisā˚); Ja.i.60 (tāḷa˚ one conversant with music, a musician see…

…Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

…Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

…of conception“ trsl.), Dhs.504 etc.

a + vitakka

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

…p. 373); Ja.vi.578. Cp. takkaḷa.

f. of biḷāla = biḷāra, cp. Sk. biḍālī, also Name of a plant, see on Prk….

…Mnd.207, Mnd.386.

• -vitakka a malevolent or angry thought MN.i.11; SN.i.203; SN.ii.151; SN.iii.93; SN.v.417; Mnd.501;…

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

…co-efficients (cp. vitakka-vicāra sach compounds as phalâphala, bhavâbhava) DN.i.213; see also citta. Occurring in…

…Vb.106; Vism.132

• -vitakka righteous thought AN.i.254;
• -vidū one who understands the Dh., an…

bow MN.i.429; Ja.i.50, Ja.i.150 Ja.ii.88; Ja.iv.327; Pv-a.285.

• -kalāpa bow & quiver Vin.ii.192; MN.i.86; MN.ii.99; AN.iii.94; Pv-a.154;
• -kāra a bow maker …

…Pv-a.230 (micchā-vitakka in expl. of vidhūma).

• -andha blind with smoke Ja.i.216;
• -kālika…

Dālikā & Dālima

in -laṭṭhi a kind of creeper; equivalent to takkāri (?) Thig.297 (dālikā) = Thag-a.226 (dālikā & dālima).

Sk. dālika the colocynth & dāḍima the pomegranate tree

Dālikā & Dālima

in -laṭṭhi a kind of creeper; equivalent to takkāri (?) Thig.297 (dālikā) = Thag-a.226 (dālikā & dālima).

Sk. dālika the colocynth & dāḍima the pomegranate tree

…(pāpiccha); Iti.117 (vitakka); cp ˚sita;

• -patana the falling of the house Ja.iii.118. *…

…of five, viz khīra, dadhi, takka, navanīta, sappi (milk, cream buttermilk, butter, ghee) Vin.i.244; Dhp-a.i.158, Dhp-a.i.323 Dhp-a.i.397;…

…has to be corrected to satakkaku: megho thanayaṃ vijjumālā satakkaku. Com. explⁿ sikhara, kūṭa) AN.iii.34 (= AN-a.620…

…e.g. sabbatth’âvihatakkama “having a course on all sides unobstructed Sdhp.425; vaḍḍhana˚ process of development Bdhd 96…

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

adjective indolent, inert, inactive. Expl. by kāma-vitakkādīhi vitakkehi vītināmanakapuggalo Dhp-a.ii.260; by nibbiriyo Dhp-a.iii.410; by alaso Pv-a.175, Often combined with *[hīnaviriya](/define/ …

…-vitakka a thought concerning some sensuous pleasure, one of the three evil thoughts (kāma˚ vyāpāda˚ vihiṃsā˚…

…enumerated; viz. paññā, vitakka, sammāvācā s-kammanta, s-ājīva, viriya, sati, samādhi micchā-diṭṭhi, micchā-vācā, m-kammanta,…

…MN.iii.57; Ja.iv.195. -vitakka a thought (of mind SN.i.207 = Snp.270 (mano is in C. on this passage explained as…

…MN.iii.57; Ja.iv.195. -vitakka a thought (of mind SN.i.207 = Snp.270 (mano is in C. on this passage explained as…

…(variant reading ˚takka, perhaps gloss = takku spindle, see takka¹).

fr. mattikā

…the S., cp. 15, 29) Dhp-a.iv.115 (˚sīmā); Vism.342 (vitakka˚).

fr. māla or māḷa

…the S., cp. 15, 29) Dhp-a.iv.115 (˚sīmā); Vism.342 (vitakka˚).

fr. māla or māḷa

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

…holy life SN.iii.233

• -vitakka a thought of self-abnegation SN.ii.152; AN.i.275 AN.ii.252; Iti.82; *…

…found in spelling nīyānika e.g. AN.iii.132 (ariyā diṭṭhi n. nīyāti takkarassa sammādukkha-khayāya); DN-a.i.89…

…Snp.886 (pakappayitvā = takkayitvā vitakkayitvā saṃkappayitvā Mnd.295)
pp pakappita (q.v.).

pra + Caus. of…

…parivitakka mental reflection, e.g. DN.i.117; DN.ii.218; SN.i.121, SN.i.178; SN.iii.96; SN.v.294; AN.iii.374; and…

…+ ā +…

struck out, affected with (-˚), only in phrase takka˚; “beaten out by argumentations” DN.i.16 (cp. DN-a.i.106); MN.i.520.

pari + āhata

…Snp.p.218; also in foll. vitakka˚ MN.i.122; deva˚ AN.iii.402 sq.; peta˚ Pv-a.92 cp. Vism.41 (˚kathā). 5. in Abhidhamma terminology…

…(with ref. to vācā, vitakka-vicārā, pīti assāsa-passāsā, saññā-vedanā, rāga-dosa-moha, through the 4 jhānas etc.). Passaddhi…

scepticism, speculation, controversy Snp.834; Mnd.176.

pa + vitakka

…of the cow: khīra, dadhi takka, navanīta, sappi. -cakkhūni, sorts of vision (of a Buddha): maṃsa˚ dibba˚ paññā˚ buddha˚ samanta˚…

…saddhā˚, buddha˚ vitakka˚ Vism.102; 7 ubhato-bhāga-vimutta, paññāvimutta etc. DN.iii.105; 8 AN.iii.212; SN.v.343 19 Ne.190; 26…

…Snp.1107 (dhamma-takka˚, cp Cnd.318).

• -jāta happening before, as logical category (˚paccaya) “antecedence”;…

…Vb-a.68; cp. pūti-takka Vism.108

• -deha = ˚kāya SN.i.236.
• -maccha stinking fish MN.iii.168…

…is savitakka savicāra, avitakka vicāramatta or avitakka avicāra DN.iii.219; Kv.570; cp. 413; Mil.337; Dhs-a.179 sq.; it is fourfold…

accompanied by reasoning DN.i.37 etc., in the formula of the first Jhāna. See vitakka.

…As equivalent of vitakka also at DN.iii.215; AN.iv.385; Dhs.7
■ kāma˚ a lustful thought AN.iii.259; AN.v.31….

Takkara¹

(= tat-kara) a doer thereof DN.i.235, MN.i.68; Dhp.19.

Takkara²

a robber, a thief Ja.iv.432.

bulbous plant, a tuberose Ja.iv.46, Ja.iv.371 (biḷāli˚, expl. at Ja.iv.373 by takkala-kanda) = Ja.vi.578.

thought, representation (of: -˚) Ja.i.68 (ussāvabindu˚).

adjective doubting, having wrong views, foolish; m. a sophist, a fool Ud.73; Ja.i.97; Mil.248.

fr. takka¹

…pp. DN-a.i.114, DN-a.i.115 (takki-vāda).

fr. takka¹

the tree Sesbania Aegyptiaca (a kind of acacia) Thig.297 (= dālika-laṭṭhi Thag-a.226).

…by “yattakaṃ patthena (patthana?) añcitaṃ hoti tasmi takkamhi vedhite”.

ud + java

…practising Snp.1084 (takka˚) Ja.i.146 (kaṭasi˚, q.v. & cp. vaḍḍheti 6); Vism.111 (˚âvaḍḍhana), Vism.152, Vism.320. Here belong…

…usually in close connection or direct combination with vitakka (q.v.).

vi + cāra

thought out, considered; thought DN.i.37 (vitakkita + , like vitakka- vicāra, cp. DN-a.i.122), DN.i.213 (id.); Snp-a.385.

pp. of vicāreti

…Cnd.576 with long exegesis); Pv.iv.1#34 (= vigata-micchā-vitakkadhūma Pv-a.230).

vi + dhūma

at Ud.71 (vitakkā vidūpitā) is to be read as vidhūpita.

…Mnd.386, Mnd.501 (˚vitakka); Vb.86, Vb.363 (˚vitakka); Dhs.1348; Pp.25; Ne.97; Mil.337, Mil.367 Mil.390; Dhs-a.403; Vb-a.74 (˚dhātu),…

…taṇhā˚, diṭṭhi˚, vitakka˚); Ja.ii.2. 3. court house, hall of judgment Ja.i.176 Ja.iii.105; Ja.iv.122, Ja.iv.370; Ja.vi.333; Mil.332…

…spreading out AN.i.171 (vitakka-vip phāra-sadda, cp. kvu translation 241), AN.i.206 (mahājutika mahā vipphāra); AN.iv.252; Pts.i.112 sq.;…

…AN.iii.429
■ vitakka is often combined with vicāra or “initial & sustained application Mrs….

Err:509

to reflect, reason, consider SN.i.197, SN.i.202; SN.iv.169; SN.v.156; AN.ii.36; Mil.311
pp vitakkita.

Denom. fr. vitakka

…n. me upajjhāyo ceto-parivitakkaṃ jānissati).

the (older?) reconstituted Sk. form of P. yattha, cp. Vedic yatra in which, where. The P. form…

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

…Snp.834 (āgamā parivitakkaṃ), cp. D Avs.v.22 (takk˚, discipline of right thought) Sdhp.224 (āgamato, in obedience to). 4. meaning,…

…striking, coming into touch, “impinging” Vism.142 (+ pariyāhanana, in def of vitakka) = Dhs-a.114 (cp. Expos. 151); Vism.515 (id.).

fr….

…(˚nidassana).

• -parivitakka study of conditions, careful consideration examination of reasons SN.ii.115; SN.iv.138;…

…(“prescinding” trsl. as characteristic of vitakka).

fr. ūhanati?